ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. – A Georgia man is being charged by Rowan County detectives for financial crimes after posing as a Wells Fargo Bank fraud investigator, according to a news release.
The release states that in December 2023, the victim received a text message inquiring about a legitimate charge on their debit card and that a fraud investigator would follow-up. Through an investigation, it was determined that the man was 44-year-old Logan Shanahan from Tucker, Georgia who called the victim and obtained their banking information, as said in the release.
Deputies claim that Shanahan went to five Wells Fargo branches in different North Carolina cities and obtained cashier’s checks worth over $20,000.
Rowan County investigators say they obtained 13 felony warrants on Shanahan for identity theft, financial card theft, forgery, financial card fraud and obtaining property by false pretenses. According to the release, he was located and taken into custody on May 7 in Gwinnett County, Gerogia and will be extradited to North Carolina to face the charges.
